Tiwanaku, Puma Punku, and La Paz, Bolivia (episode 1 of 6)

A comprehensive documentary video of our travels in Bolivia. Destinations include La Paz, Tiwanaku, Quime, Salar de Uyuni, Potosi, Sucre, and Copacabana/Lake Titicaca.

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[HelmetVanga]

La Paz is not for everyone, but if you are a corporation like France's Ballore of South Korea or a japanese firm, La Paz is the place to go to start the Lithum extraction business. This gentleman is a simple tourist with very common tastes, not a scientist not a businessman or researcher like Alan Kolata from Yale University. La Paz has the tiwanaku museum where u can see al sorts of items from the tiwanacu civilization.

[mahatmadonnie]

interesting. Last I knew, Bolivia was refusing to allow any foreign involvement in its lithium extracting business. Numerous international corporations tried to develop lithium extraction in the 1980-90s, but met strict gov. opp.

I also never heard about the tiwanaku museum in La Paz. The museum near Tiwanaku has a few remaining artifacts. However, few artifacts remain from that culture since the spanish took everything of possible value, even some of the stonework.

[tourmalinehunter]

@1marcelo You act like people like me have no feelings of horror at what the spanish did . I do . Same as I feel about what happened here in America . It makes me sick .Manifest destiny is the worst kind of evil . We killed everyone and took thier land because God wanted us to . It's just a coincidenc that they had tons of gold silver and gems .It breaks my heart . Maybe the Aimara had a secret knowlege . Maybe alot of the ancients did , but where did they get it ? Where did it go ?

[tourmalinehunter]

@1marcelo Anyone who disagrees with you is racist .Am I racist If I am amazed at what the Maya accomplished ? No . It is well established the the Aimaras had no written language and lacked the complex geometry to pull this off . Get over yourself .You all laugh at the ancient alien theory . Hey alot of it sounds bogus to me too . The stone speaks for itself .Explain it then Don't just say "they could do that you racist pig" . Explain how they could do it .With stone tools and twine .

[1marcelo]

@tourmalinehunter Only because you can't explain how the Aimara did it does not mean they did not do it. Who is naive? Your argument is racist. The present day Aimaras can't explain how they did it because they have been decimated by the Spanish.

[tourmalinehunter]

@1marcelo You just assume they did which is naive . I have been collecting minerals for decades . Even with the best hardened steel hammers and chisels you could not do recessed patterns like that in diorite and have them come out that perfect . They may have done it but it was done with a technology that is inexplicible .The geometry and precision it just not explanable for farmers to be doing . If the Aimara did it why don't they do it anymore?Why can't they tell us how they did it .

[erikagarcia17]

Too bad you didn't like La Paz. Looking at your vid, i think you had bad luck with the food because that does not look like a traditional dish, as I am a Pacena. About the people, yes, the people in the markets are not warm ... cultural clash...the local people are stoic for historical reasons and they tire of tourists taking pics of them as if they are some anthropological study. I think you needed to know some Bolivians living there to give you a feel of the people and customs.

[MarcinSoYa]

bulllllshit and gay - he looks like gay

[HeyDudeL8ter]

You should of tried the carrot juice

[marshalljamesmills]

i am going to la paz this year and your vid was cool to see and get sum feel for la paz food is one thing you need to no a bit a bout wen going to a new place as well as the history a very good vid thanks

[1marcelo]

@marshalljamesmills The problem is people like this guy take as a premise that the ancient Aimara didn't have the brains to build up Tiwanaku and that is racism. On top of the racism is the stupid idea that aliens built it. Guys like this don't accept any scientific explanation. I truly despise him.